1970 Seychellois parliamentary election

November 1970

All 15 seats in the Legislative Assembly
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Mancham France-Albert René
Party Democratic People's United
Last election 4 3
Seats won 10 5
Seat change Increase6 Increase2
Popular vote 18,972 15,834
Percentage 52.82% 44.08%
Swing Increase3.88pp Decrease4.09pp

Winning party by district

Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles in November 1970. The result was a victory for the Seychelles Democratic Party, which won 10 of the 15 seats.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Seychelles Democratic Party18,97252.8210+6
Seychelles People's United Party15,83444.085+2
Liberal Party1,0823.010New
Seychellois Christian Labour Party290.080New
Total35,917100.0015+7
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]

References

  1. Elections in the Seychelles African Elections Database
  2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1879
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